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Gun Control & RKBA

upaloopa

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25. No it is not difficult for me to understand.

Reply to spin (Reply #21)

Sun Apr 22, 2012, 06:32 PM

Apr 2012

It is hard to explain without being offensive to people other than to say that most people do not have the desire to or feel the need to carry a loaded weapon and that being the case, the act of doing so seems some how a deviant behavior.

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Opinion: In wake of Trayvon killing, rethinking gun laws [View all] jpak Apr 2012 OP

Oh noes! TheCowsCameHome Apr 2012 #1

Nothing more than hyperbole expressed in an opinion piece ferchristsakes. shadowrider Apr 2012 #2

He keeps refering to this so-called backlash AH1Apache Apr 2012 #4

He needs to stop. My sides still hurt from laughing at his posts from yesterday shadowrider Apr 2012 #5

Let us know pipoman Apr 2012 #3

One possible bad apple shouldn't spoil any good laws. ileus Apr 2012 #6

No, but a bunch of people sporting guns in public should force changes. Hoyt Apr 2012 #15

I assume that you are referring to only open carry ... spin Apr 2012 #19

Both. Zimmerman carried concealed as well. Hoyt Apr 2012 #22

Oh well, for a second there ... spin Apr 2012 #31

Not when I am sure too many Zimmermans are carrying guns in public. Hoyt Apr 2012 #32

Your sure too many Zimmermans are carrying guns in public? AH1Apache Apr 2012 #33

Not really krispos42 Apr 2012 #7

isn't this the guy that took Joyce money gejohnston Apr 2012 #8

The majority will put and end to being bullied by the gun lobby and the NRA. upaloopa Apr 2012 #9

one flaw in your reason and logic gejohnston Apr 2012 #10

You leave me to rely on your statistic alone. upaloopa Apr 2012 #13

not about groupthink gejohnston Apr 2012 #14

I use to live in Highland Park in Los Angeles. upaloopa Apr 2012 #16

notice I said gejohnston Apr 2012 #20

I also lived on twenty acres in the lower Sierra Nevada Mountains until just recently. upaloopa Apr 2012 #23

we never carried them either gejohnston Apr 2012 #24

Obviously you have been exposed to the criminal misuse of firearms ... spin Apr 2012 #21

No it is not difficult for me to understand. upaloopa Apr 2012 #25

by definion gejohnston Apr 2012 #26

You are right when you say that ... spin Apr 2012 #27

We don't live in a dangerous world. upaloopa Apr 2012 #28

No we don't live in a dangerous country by any means ... spin Apr 2012 #30

Compare El Paso, TX to Chicago, IL. GreenStormCloud Apr 2012 #17

There are many variables for those statistics. upaloopa Apr 2012 #29

And yet violent crime has been trending down while gun ownership has been increasing AH1Apache Apr 2012 #11

I think he means "backwash" sylvi Apr 2012 #12

My frontlash is beating your backlash. GreenStormCloud Apr 2012 #18